The British Museum is suing a former curator over the alleged theft of almost 2,000 items
LONDON (AP) – The British Museum went to court Tuesday against a former curator accused of stealing hundreds of items from its collection and selling them online. British museum returns looted art to Ghana under long-term loan agreement The museum is suing Peter Higgs, who was fired in July 2023 after more than 1,800 items […]
Budget cuts forcing us to be more creative, says head of Museum Wales | Wales
Museums in Wales need to focus less on their buildings and more on the great collections they hold and the diverse stories they tell, the chief executive who oversees them has said. Jane Richardson, Amgefa Shimul – Wales Museum, It said a £4.5m budget cut meant it might be better suited to close the site […]
Museum warns that paintings of the British countryside can evoke ‘dark nationalist’ feelings
The British Museum, owned by the University of Cambridge, recently tried to shake things up by moving exhibits and installing new signage. In an apparent bout of self-awareness, the director of the Fitzwilliam Museum was denied His new “inclusive and representative gallery” has “awakened.” Of course, this denial prompted further scrutiny. It turns out that […]
Concorde jet is making its way back to the Intrepid Museum after restoration
British Airways’ iconic supersonic jet, the Concorde G-BOAD, will return to the Intrepid Museum in New York City after months of restoration at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The Concorde, which holds the record for the fastest transatlantic crossing by a passenger plane, will be transported from Brooklyn to Weeks Marine in Jersey City, where it […]
Pro-Palestinian Protesters Swarm Dutch Holocaust Museum Opening
Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in Amsterdam on Sunday to unveil the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam in a ceremony attended by Dutch Willem-Alexander and Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Riot police had to be called in to stop more than 2,000 anti-Israel demonstrators from marching through Amsterdam’s Portuguese Synagogue during the opening of the new […]
‘You cannot look away’: opening of Amsterdam Holocaust museum an overdue reckoning with history | Netherlands
Three quarters of the Dutch people are Jewish Population – 102,000 people – People killed by the Nazis during World War II, the highest percentage in Western Europe. However, unlike some other countries, the Netherlands did not have a national museum dedicated to these horrors. Eighty years after World War II, things will change on […]
Antisemitic Mob Targets Pro-Israel Event at Montreal Holocaust Museum
On Monday night, an anti-Semitic mob targeted a pro-Israel event at the Holocaust Museum in Montreal, Canada, with the crowd chanting “Death to Israel!” Death to the Jews! ” said Jewish community leaders. Even more disturbing hatred #antisemitism Scenes from yesterday’s anti-Israel protest at a Jewish community center in a Jewish-majority area of Montreal. As […]
Unionized art museum employees strike in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art’s labor union went on strike Wednesday after failing to reach an agreement with the museum over wages. Holding signs such as “Living Artists Living Wages” and “Our Power Is in Unity,” workers picketed outside the North Adams Museum (also known as MASS MoCA). Taut. They said they plan to […]
Oprah Winfrey exits WeightWatchers board, will donate stock to African American history museum
Oprah Winfrey announced that she is parting ways with Weight Watchers’ board of directors and donating her shares to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. The media mogul and former talk show host first joined WW International’s board of directors in 2015, before launching a high-profile marketing campaign in 2020 as […]
Cleats of stolen Jackie Robinson statue heading to Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
The severed cleats left behind when thieves robbed a Jackie Robinson statue in Kansas will be donated to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. The 275-pound sculpture was photographed last month from McAdams Park in Wichita, where hundreds of children are playing baseball in League 42, a league dedicated to pioneering players. Police believe the poachers […]